Galaxy Note 5, Model Numbers arent matching up. - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all.
This is my first post and will try and make it really quick.
I recently got a Galaxy Note 5 (because their just amazing) It came with Android 6.0.1 installed and the "Software Update" section of the settings menu does nothing. I mean literally nothing. I tap "About Device" then "Software Update" and nothing happens no new screen loads or anything.
so I was looking for the OEM ROM's and this is where I ran into so much confusion. The current details the phone gives me is.
Galaxy Note 5 SM-N920F (There are no F rom's)
Build Number MMB29K.N920FTMB4DPH2
Bootloader N920TUVS6ERH1
Which lead me to believe even though their is no "F" variant, That its a T-Mobile model (No Rom's really give 100% functionality to these except the standard 7.1 from T-Mobile)
So I went to Sammobile.com to download the latest official firmware released, But the the CSC numbers don't match my device. they are all starting N920TT***** and mine starts N920FT*****. However the PDA numbers match my bootloader. So will any Note 5 T-Mobile ROM work even if the CSC numbers are different? as long as the PDA numbers are the same?
I get more confusing info from Samsung as well. The "Samsung Members" app shows my Model number as : SM-N920TZKATMB (Which again has no "F" in it, The sticker on the back of the device with the IMEI even states it as SM-N920F)
Am I making this weirdly complicated for myself? Will the US T-Mobile ROM's for android 7.1 work find I flash them with this device? (I live in the UK and the device has 100% compatibility with my network)
Also will flashing the stock 7.1 US ROM from T-Mobile re-lock the SIM ? I'm pretty sure it doesn't/Cant relock SIM to T-Mobile only, But nothings better than a professional confirming.
There is also another issue. according to "Root Checker" I have a Rooted device. But their is no Super User apps on it at all (Cant seem to even find Binaries for SuperSU when using Root File Manager), Pokémon GO fails to load which I have read could be because of the "Root Check" throwing up a positive. But no other apps fail to work at all. their all perfect even banking never even so much as an error. it is just Pokémon GO. Or has someone previously messed up rooting so it looks like it is but the files are missing and isn't really? I tried using Magisk Manager but it did nothing and I don't get any prompts for Root access when installing apps.
So Please Help Me! Thank You.

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[Q] Phone settings say g900f but odin says g900t

Hi Guys,
2 months ago I bought a Samsung s5 in Hong Kong.
While travelling through South East Asia this device worked fine.
While traveling through New Zealand (Old home) this phone worked fine.
While traveling through America (New Home) this phone worked fine for the first 2 weeks (on the metroPCS network).
The problem:
Randomly after 2 weeks the s5 stopped connecting to the metroPCS mobile network even though the network was available (btw metroPCS uses the T-Mobile network). It gives errors such as network not available or cannot register with network.
Things I have tried:
-Im sure the APN settings of the phone have not changed and I have double checked to see if they are correct.
-replacing the sim card with another does not fix the issue
-soft and hard reset of the phone does not fix the issue
-Getting metroPCS to refresh the service on this number does not fix the issue
Other important info:
-This phone was purchased in hong kong but it is from the Philippians according to Kies's firmware information (XTC is the country code)
-It is running a custom allianceROM that must have been installed by someone in hongkong
-The device is rooted (superuser app installed)
-the model number as shown in settings is g900f BUT when attempting to flash with odin the phone displays g900t and fails to flash the latest Philippians verison of kit-kat
I have 2 questions:
1. Any ideas why my network connection has suddenly self destructed (and how to fix)?
2. Would flashing a stock ROM to my s5 help? and if so why is there conflicting information on which model I own (g900t/g900f)?
Please help. I do have some know how on flashing android devices but i've really hit the wall on this one guys!
Cheers,
Yetti.:cyclops:
It's not uncommon for the model # to be different with a custom rom as that is a very easy thing to edit in the build.prop. It should tell you under the battery which one it is. As far as the network issues, check to see if the baseband and IMEI are still there and not listed as unknown or incorrectly. It's possible you could get away with flashing the appropriate modem that matches with your update and that might work better in this region vs the previous one.
Please list the Alliance rom version and baseband version here in case it's relevant to your issue.
More info
Im not sure if this helps but looking through the build.prop file in the system folder my ro.product.local.region=GB
When in recovery mode the region is set to XTC (Philippians) using mutli-csc.
Also my IMEI number seems ok and is NOT blocked.
Cheers. Yetti :cyclops:
Baseband and rom etc
Thankls for your reply!
Sorry when you say "under the battery symbol" do you mean in /odins boot script on the device/ or /in settings on the phone/?
Baseband is g900TUVU1ANCH
Build Num: AllianceROM_G900F_XXU1ANCF
If the "no network" issue can be solved with the current firmware that would be the most desirable solution but going through the flashing process may be a good idea for my learning process, and will help with future updates.
Do you think getting back to a stock rom would help me?
tHANKS AGAIN!:cyclops:
Model confirmed to be g900t
Sorry i didn't understand the "under the battery" thing. I was lost in software world. The sticker under the physical battery says SM-900T so i guess that confirms that it is a t-moble verison (and the baseband is therefore correct).
I will try to flash the T-Mobile stock image to the phone and see if that works.
Also i will try to flash a modem (after i work out which one i need).
Cheers, Yetti :cyclops:
Current status.
Flashed the stock T-Mobile firmware to the phone. No success.
Flashed new modem to the phone. No success.
Will go to the T-Mobile store tomorrow to see if they can help (I doubt it but i have to exhaust all the options).
Any more help would be appreciated...
cheers, yetti:cyclops:
By under the battery I mean like to take off the battery cover of the phone and pull the battery out and look at the sticker found there.
G900t.
es0tericcha0s said:
By under the battery I mean like to take off the battery cover of the phone and pull the battery out and look at the sticker found there.
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Yep it says g900t (see above)
As per flashing a modem. I have heard that it is possible to flash any modem for any version of the s5 to the phone. Some work well and others not so much. I have tried 2 T-Mobile modems (baseband) the G900TU1ANCH and the G900TUVU1BNG3 with no success. Do you have any recommendations for a modem to try (or even a custom ROM that might help?)
Cheers,
Yetti :cyclops:
I know that you mentioned they refreshed the service for your number, but do they have the correct IMEI in the system for your account? Metro makes a big deal about that now and you can't just take your SIM from another phone and pop it in a new one and go like you can with pretty much every other service (Cricket is like this too now).

Unroot/flash Galaxy S 7 (SM-G930V/F?) to Stock Firmware or G930VVRS4BQC9

Hey Guys,
I've come across my limit of knowledge during the past days.
I purchased this new phone, "Samsung Galaxy S 7".
When I look up the "About phone" option in "Settings", it says, that it's a SM-G930F with android verison 6.0.1.
I couldnt find ANYTHING according to my Build number, which says: MMB29M.G930FXXU1BPIA or that my Smart Switch says, that the software version would be PIA(VZW).
But when I go into Download/Odin-Mode there are the following text lines:
ODIN MODE (HIGH-SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G930V
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
FAP LOCK: OFF
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
RP SWREV: B4(2,1,1,1,1) K1 S3
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
So, both informations are dividing from each other, because the first says it's a SM-G930F and the second says it's a SM-G930V, except that both have in common, that they say system status is official.
But, my problem is, as you can see, it's still marshmallow that is installed on my Galaxy S 7 and in my settings there is absolutely no possibility to update my phone to nougat.
I've tried several things via Odin like installing: Stock firmware for ADB, Nougat firmware for ADB, Stock firmware for VZW, Nougat firmware for VZW
But just nothing worked out.
Most common issues I had with Odin were: "sboot.bin FAIL!, recovery.img FAIL!, Complete(Write) operation failed.", depending on what kind of files I tried to apply, like pit file, AP-File, Home_CSC-File, etc...
Even if i tried to solve it with the most common troubleshoting methods i could find on google, there would be another issue, like a never ending story.
I also tried applying a firmware with recovery mode but there it says: E: "footer is wrong” ,followed by “E: signature verification failed", even if my SD-Card has never been encrypted.
I dont have any idea what to do anymore,
so i would extremely appreciate some help of a pro, who can tell me, what to do exactly.
Thank you!
*EDIT*
I managed to unroot the phone with the verzon nougat firmware but now it won't let me use the phone with a diferent SIM-card than a Verizon's and I'm going to return the phone.
Hi,
I'm facing the exact same problem.
Which Verizon firmware did you use to unroot your phone?
Thanks!
b0rgsen said:
Hi,
I'm facing the exact same problem.
Which Verizon firmware did you use to unroot your phone?
Thanks!
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I managed to flash the latest Verizon ROM (SM-G930V_1_20170330100826_87cd9631jd_fac). Now it is obviously branded and I always get a message (after reboot/after ending airplane mode, so everytime the phone connects to a cellular network) that I'm using a non-verizon sim card. Nevertheless, after manually adding the APN, everything works fine, no SIM lock.
Edit: it works even better with this stock ROM w/o branding: updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=EF06A1ED34EB11E7963AFA163EE8F90B
Same Problem
Its showing 930f in my phone information
but when i go into download mode it shows 930v
cant update my phone it's still stuck in ****ty marshmallow
i would highly appreciate any sort of help.. TIA
b0rgsen said:
I managed to flash the latest Verizon ROM (SM-G930V_1_20170330100826_87cd9631jd_fac). Now it is obviously branded and I always get a message (after reboot/after ending airplane mode, so everytime the phone connects to a cellular network) that I'm using a non-verizon sim card. Nevertheless, after manually adding the APN, everything works fine, no SIM lock.
Edit: it works even better with this stock ROM w/o branding: updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=EF06A1ED34EB11E7963AFA163EE8F90B
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yes I get that error too, and I added the APN. it started to work but sooner or later the network drops.
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androidarif said:
Its showing 930f in my phone information
but when i go into download mode it shows 930v
cant update my phone it's still stuck in ****ty marshmallow
i would highly appreciate any sort of help.. TIA
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you have the exact same issue as me. I suggest you review this thread, it would be helpful.
In summation, you have a converted phone. you can flash Verizon's rom if you want nougat. But that didn't help with my network issues.
Same problem
is this phone is not official what's the matter please explain
I'm also having the OP's exact same problem? I thought the phone I had just bought off gumtree was fake. I'm in Australia and noted that the model one the sticker on the back on my device is SM-G930F, the "about" page lists it as SM-G930F running 6.0.1, odin lists the as model SM-G930V, smart switch as PIA(VZW), CPU-Z as having it having a Snapdragon processor and finally the paper instruction manual is for a SM-9300 (China) - WTH!?
I cant seem to figure out which device it was or is ha! I believe it may be a chinese device that has been flashed to american standard. Is the the core point here, are these perhaps all flashed/refurbed chinese models?
Long story short, i'm not having any problems but i want a newer OS like oreo or nougat - if I flash to say SM-G930U standard with XAA (generic, samsung branding), will i begin having network issues in Australia?

SM-N9005 on sticker but SM-N900P in board (hlte)

I took my wifes Samsung Galaxy Note 3. At boot, it does not bring a model after the "Samsung Galaxy Note 3 boot" picture shows. So, I thought it was SM-N9005 naturally because at the sticker behind, it had that. Sooooo, when I used it for some time it crashed and started bring something popping up something to do with "android has stopped"
I was blue of everything completely. So, I said why not try and flash a custom rom. WHAM!!!!
I have been fighting with the phone since August 3rd 2018. Finally I have it running. Now, the steps I went through, I believe the way the information was scattered all over the forum and all that, That is why I even put the topic up there the type of board and the sticker are totally different. A lot I learned from the forum jumping from this topic to the next and using Youtube as well.
Software required:
Odin3 v3.07
For this specific mobile, I had flashed so many and went through alot of fails through Odin, bootloops, null imei, loosing data and softbricking. The final which worked perfectly for me was N900PVPUDNK4_N900PSPTDNK4_SPR which I got from stockroms website, "Use google to search for that site"
Instructions:
I believe everyone here nows how to use Google if you don't know how to use Odin.
Flash the rom.
Do a factory reset.
Restart the Handset, all steps complete.
Now, if you have the issue of sim lock, download Region Lock apk install and follow prompts.
I had the issue of sim lock. Dialed *#0011# and tried to check it out and followed instructions on youtube and on XDA. And helped me abit to work about my issue of knowing sim status if locked. Then, I changed baseband to GSM/UMTS using the command above. Then, I used Region Lock to unlock the handset. Ohhhhh, sorry, installed two. SSU. I cant remember which worked but one of them did. If you want links there everywhere on this forum for the SSU and the Region Lock and instructions.
But why am I doing this, It took me a full month to get it working. I don't want someone to go through the same process. One should know there PDA and CSC before trying any flashing. If the phone has crashed, first consult and then go into the phone info and know what your flashing. Otw, KUDOS>
Boot to download mode to show model.
This posts reads as a question ??
If its a N900P its the Sprint forum you want .

Sm-g925f model wont accept any other stock firmware except sc-04g

I have been at this issue since Saturday and gone through a lot of possible solutions but to no avail. So first of all i am in Ghana. A friend came to me with his s6 edge that he had some issues with his phone going off when he unplugs the charger and getting stuck in a bootloop when turning it on unless he plugs a charger in before it boots up fully(even with full charge)
So first of all he wanted to do a factory reset(phone was not rooted). Factory reset completed successfully but issue still persisted.
Specs of the phone was:
android 5.0.2
model number = SM-G925F
original csc (i wasnt able to note that down because downloading stock firmware was going to be the last ultimate weapon. first i was going to try some custom roms to see if it fixed the issue. Besides it was working fine here in Ghana.)
So that's when i flashed a twrp and i dont exactly remember but i think i might have tried to flash a lineage OS or something. But long story short, when u try booting up, the samsung galaxy edge screen with powered by android came on and stayed there. and it did not go on to boot up.
After trying through the night i then decided to use the ultimate tool and flash a stock firmware. Try as i might none of them got past the "Repartition Operation Failed" portion of flashing it. The Pit File was becoming an issue. Tried firmwares for my country, countries nearer to us, contries in africa and finally even european firmwares. And since from reading from here and other forums that the F variant was an international version the international pit files should work but they werent.
All this while whenever i go to Odin Download mode on the phone, the product name there was SM-G925D. This started the confusion because at that point i had looked through alot of firmware and that was not an option. When i searched google for that, the search results mostly correlated it to SC-04G, which looking at it was a Japanese firmware. I didnt want to use a japanese Firmware for obvious reasons. At least i wanted a firmware that was by default in English. But after about 2 days and seeing a lot of answers saying stuff about going to settings and checking stuff there plus me wanting to see an interface and work my way from there i succumbed.
And lo and behold, it flashed on the first try(i used the 4-part files firmware. It was android 7.0). But when it came to booting up, the splash screen had changed from samsung bla bla bla powered by android to NTT DOCOMO powered by android. But it booted up and i skipped through the setup. i had to change the language to english but there were a lot of japanese bloatware that came with it. But as i expected when i popped a sim card into it, and restarted the phone, there was the not available symbol(circle with a bar across) where the network bars were supposed to be.
Seeing that this was not going to do, i went to the settings this time to check on any important details and this were the new details
android version 7.0(January, 2018)
model number=SC-04G
build number was now SC0.....(cant write the full code as im currently in odin mode)
But obviously it was the japanese network. After this i have downloaded more firmwares and they all fail at "Setting PIT...Re-Partition failed". Somtimes i try to mix the 4 files up using maybe the CSC portion of the Japanese firmware but BL, CP, and AP of firmware from my region. This time the error is "sboot.bin failed".
And that has been my grind till now. Downloading likely firmwares and all failing to doing extremes like the mix and match. When the mix and match with BL, CP, and CSC of Japanese with AP of my region works and eventually boots up, there is no touch input. The touch does not work. When that happens i just have to start all over with the SC-04G, which never fails to work.
I have even seen some things about changing csc files in the file explorer with root so i flashed the Japanese FW and rooted it. Went through the processes but to no avail.
PS:
The first part of the Odin screen where you choose to continue or reboot is now completely in Japanese whiles it was formerly in English.
And there is no indication on the phone itself that it was from Japan. The back says Samsung and below it says Galaxy s6 edge. Friend bought it from a shop in Ghana here brand new.(not from a carrier)
****So here lies my confusion. How come a phone with an original model number of SM-G925F have a Product name of SM-G925D in Odin and hence only Flash Japanese Firmware SC-04G(CSC code = DCM) but would not flash any of the international variants. Even if i can eventually get the Japanese firmware to read the sim card we can manage it that way. But thats for when there are no options left.
So please i would like to know your ideas as to how this is happening and any possible solutions that might be different from what my batallion of open tabs are telling me. You can also let me know if you want any more details i might not have included. Looking forward to hearing from you guys.
Update On Issue
I ended up using the japanese firmware in the end because it wasnt picking anything else.
This time after the setup process, it picked up the sim card and the imei is available. So since network is now available i just rooted it with cf autoroot and removed the japanese bloatware and everything looks normal now.
Except the original issue of going off randomly whn power cable is pulled out even when having full charge.
:good:

Sim issue Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro

So I have a rooted Galaxy J7 pro with me (SM-J730f/DS)
This phone was rooted and it was blocked at boot showing "Custom Binary Blocked by OEM Lock"
I went into Odin mode and there wasn't anything that showed a country code. So I downloaded a stock rom according to my country and it's carrier was open (which I thought meant any carrier, I mean there ain't any career named "open" in my country) So I flashed it using odin, everything went smooth. The phone is performing well but after inserting sim cards, it detects the sim but doesn't work. Shows "unable to connect" and "error while connecting" when I tried to set network manually.
I probably should now flash the correct firmware but I don't know in which country this phone belongs. I dialed *#1234#* but I obviously got the information about the rom I installed.
In the back of the phone "UK" is written after the model number (SM-J730F/DD, Samsung, Yateley, GU46 6GG, UK) but I couldn't find a UK rom. I looked into Imei.info but couldn't find any info about region.
Is there anyway to fix the issue other than trying every J7 firmware there is

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